"The Horror of Eating Disorders"

This is how it is, eating disorders are a huge epidemic in the world today. Woman especially, and young teens want to look like all of the models. This generation is expecting woman to have the hour glass figure, no flaws. So this establishes one of the causes of an eating disorder. There is so much pressure put on by the social economy to be slender. Due to the lack of correct parenting, and just eating healthy, woman are falling into a deep dark never ending battle of what we define as an eating disorder. The big argument here is how serious it can effect you for the rest of your life. What can we do to change the idea of being perfectly shaped. Analysts warn us that two out of one hundred kids struggle with an eating disorder. Most commonly anorexia or bulimia. It also suggests that unfortunately many kids and teens are able to hide this from their families, for months or even years. Due to these statistics, this implies parents aren't paying close attention to all the important warning signs of an eating disorder. Are these parents bad parents, or are they just not realizing, or just in denial of something so life changing as an eating disorder can be. Some of the signs are, losing weight, even if your child is already slender. Saying all the time that their not hungry, thinking or talking about being fat consistently. One big one is excessive exercising to lose weight. This can damage you for the rest of your life. The fact is that woman don't think about the long term consequences, they often think of the short term happiness of looking good. People with anorexia have an extreme fear of weight gain. This becomes an obsession to them, watching every calorie they intake into their bodies. Always asking questions about the calories. Bulimia is excessive, or binge eating, and rarely experiences the low weight associated with anorexia. Although anorexia and bulimia are very similar, people with anorexia tend to be thin and people who struggle with bulimia may be of normal weight, or even over weight. Due to these facts and statistics parents need to be aware and alert of what's going on in there child or teens lives. This does and can start at a young age. It's known to be a very hard obsession to get rid of.